International Space Station Archives

Advanced Plant Habitat grows its first crops on the International Space Station

The first batch of crops included Dwarf Wheat and Arabidopsis, which are small flowering plants related to cabbage and mustard.

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The International Space Station Receives A Resupply Along With Mice And Alcohol

International indeed, the International Space Station just received a resupply from Japan. The HTV-5 or H-II Transfer Vehicle docked at the International...

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NASA Signs Mission Contract With Boeing

Space travel and exploration has gained a lot of traction in the past few years after what looked like a somewhat daunting...

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International Space Station News: Year-Long Stays And Visiting Singers

The International Space Station (ISS) is a bastion for scientific discovery. Astronauts aboard the ISS generally perform upwards of 200 experiments in...

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NASA Picks Boeing and SpaceX To Transport Astronauts To ISS

NASA announced earlier today that they have picked two American companies to transport U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station. Boeing and...

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Lavazza And The Italian Space Agency Join Forces To Bring Coffee To The ISS

Coffee: it’s a warm, comforting, embracing liquid that millions upon millions of people enjoy each morning, afternoon or evening. So imagine...

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First Successful Launch of SpaceX Reusable Rocket

On April 18, 2014, PayPal founder Elon Musk’s private spacecraft company, SpaceX, claimed its first successful launch of its reusable rocket, the Falcon 9, achieved through the launch...

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